Bridges Community Church Los Altos

Is everyone designed with a special purpose or only some people? Does God knit each one of us together with a certain plan in mind? This week, we will study God's intentionality with Jeremiah and how it isn't just his story—it's all of ours.

Message from Derek Brown on January 4, 2026

Message from Dave Kellejian on December 28, 2025

Message from Dan Stockum on December 24, 2025

Long before God spoke about Messiah through the prophets, He spoke about the Messiah with one family–Abraham’s family. This week, we will study the “seed” of Abraham who was promised through generations and came to bless all nations.

In our series, we’ve seen many prophecies foretell that the Messiah to come will be a king, and, in some ways, this passage from Isaiah is no different. However, rather than describe what the king will do when He arrives or hint at the king’s divine identity, in this passage Isaiah tells us what the coming king will be like. Specifically, we will see His heart, His perfection, and His power.

Many of us are familiar with the Christmas carol about the small town of Jesus’ birth, but we may be less familiar with the Old Testament passage foretelling it. This week, as we study Micah’s prophecy about Bethlehem and the One who would be born in it, we will see the perfect unfolding of God’s plan—both then and for us today.

Isaiah offers immense comfort for his hearers—all wrongs will eventually be set right because of the One to come. But how could this be? As Isaiah speaks these words, Israel is destined for exile and their city will be destroyed because of their own unfaithfulness. Why would God promise such sinful people such a bright future? This week, we will study Isaiah’s prophecy and how it can give hope to...

Ever since the earliest days of Christianity, the church has sent missionaries. They weren’t content waiting for people to come and see, they wanted to go and tell. Our church is no different. This week, we will affirm God’s call on Steve and Shannon’s life to work alongside Restoration Ministries in Brazil, and see how our efforts align with those of the earliest churches.

When the people of Israel and Judah found themselves in deep darkness, Isaiah's prophecy pointed to a time that would bring peace and righteousness, and a future hope. As we look at this familiar Christmas prophecy this week, we'll see that Isaiah's message of hope stretches far beyond Christ's arrival at Christmas. And in a world longing for peace and justice, God’s answer is not always what we w...

This is the time of year when we begin to experience the first few joys of the Christmas season. It won’t be long until our stores and radios will be filled with the decorations and sounds that remind us of Christ’s birth. In these weeks leading up to Christmas, we will study passages written long before Jesus came to earth that detailed exactly who to expect, why He must come, and what He would d...

Often, it helps to begin a project with the end in mind—a vision for what it will be like when everything is completed. Along the way, there will be challenges and setbacks that would make it easy to turn around and give up. But by keeping the end of the story in view, we’re motivated to keep going. This week, we’ll study the end of the story of Nehemiah’s building project, and how it can help us...

Following where we believe God has led into our NEXT85 years will require something of us. Throughout Scripture, when God’s people began a project, they each brought what they could in order to help the effort. We will be no different. The dream for our future campus won’t happen without all of us participating. This week, we’ll look at what will be required of us, and the blessing for following.

Every Sunday, we literally sit in the dreams, sacrifices, and plans of people who came before us. We have a place to gather because they built it. But that raises the question: what is our responsibility to those who come after us? If we hope that Bridges remains a fixture in our community, what must we build to ensure that it happens? This week, we will dream about the future of our campus and ho...

85 years ago, a small group of ordinary men and women gathered with a simple vision: to plant a gospel-centered church here in Los Altos. They couldn’t see the future, but they knew one thing: God had called them to know and study His Word, to love their neighbors, and to plant seeds of the gospel of Jesus that would outlive them. And we at Bridges Community Church today are living proof of their...

Every person, family, team, or organization is heading somewhere. They might have chosen their direction on purpose, or they might simply flow along with the current around them. We plan to be the former rather than the latter. But where are we headed? As we turn the page from the last 85 years of our church into the next, we remain true to our original mission, and this week, we will take a deepe...

We've seen throughout this series that various kinds of prayer align with the types of conversations we have with those closest to us, and thankfulness is no exception. If we don't express thanks in our relationships, we can forget having much connection in them. This week, we'll study a Psalm of thanksgiving showing us why God deserves our deepest gratitude.

When we hold onto or try to cover up our sins and weakness before God or before others—hiding them, excusing them, or pretending they don’t exist—it crushes us. It drains our strength and steals our joy. But Psalm 32 reveals that God has made a way for the guilty to be forgiven, for the burdened to be set free, and for that which is broken to be restored.

Many of us likely have a close friend with whom we feel absolutely free to share the deepest sorrows of our hearts. They listen to our burdens, and by doing so, they help us carry them. But what our relationship with God? Can we share with Him like that? Will He welcome our cries of despair or rebuke us for having them? This week, we will study one of the Psalms of lament where David pours his hea...

We've probably all asked God for direction in our lives or for Him to show us the way that He wants us to go. But how does the Bible depict these kinds of prayers? This week, we will study Psalm 25 where David asks God for such guidance and how he finds a God who is more than willing to give it.

The most foundational building block of any relationship is trust. With it, we can weather most anything, but without it, the relationship cannot survive. This week, we will see that our relationship with God is no different. To feel connected with Him or to experience His presence in our daily lives requires trust in Him. But how can we develop it? Whether we've never trusted God before or simply...

No relationship will survive without a healthy amount of affirmation and appreciation for one another, and our relationship with God is no different. As we begin our series on when and how to pray, we start with what should mark our communication with anyone–adoration.

Some of us grew up in stable family environments, while others of us experienced homes with ongoing change and upheaval. In either case, God intends the church to be a place of wholeness, peace, and support on which we can depend throughout all of life’s ups and downs. But what might this look like in practical application? And how can a church grow in this area? This week, we will study the famil...

This week we continue our summer series with a few of our college and young adults, who will be sharing about their faith journeys. We will also hear from others who are getting baptized at the beach, followed by a brief message from Pastor Steve.

The Bible reminds us that God remains on His throne, even amidst difficult times in the world or trying personal circumstances in our own lives. Despite this, however, the storms of life still have a tendency to challenge our certainty. What should we do in those moments? Join us this week as we continue our “This is My Story” message series and explore how doubt is not something to hide or fear,...